Just. So. Sleeeeeepy.

onemorebaby

Oh my goodness. I am just so so tired all of the time. I will be awake for only a few hours in the morning, and I am overcome with a crushing feeling of tiredness. I take a nap when I can, but even after sleeping - I wake up and I am STILL tired!

UGH! I feel like someone gave me nyquil and is making me stay awake!!!

care&ali

Right there with you! I had to tell my boss because I find myself getting drowsy during my long shifts! I hear this is mostly a first trimester thing, so hopefully it'll be gone soon!

coryandamanda

When I was pregnant with Lex if I fell sat down ANYWHERE I fell asleep in seconds. Amanda still jokes about it. I wasn't nearly as bad this time.

charcoaleyes

That was me 1st trimester too. It does get better

Goobie

Welcome to the first trimerster... I am JUST starting to be able to keep my eyes open past 9pm, but even last week I was sleeping 10 hours a night and taking a 2 hour nap in the day, and STILL dragging my butt! Growing a human is hard work!

A&J

Yep, I remember thinking I would just sit down for a minute and then opening my eyes 2 hours later...it does get better.

tinker13

First trimester is pretty rough, tiredness, weakness, nausea, bloating. etc. I promise it will get better. In the meantime take a cat nap when you can!

Kari

The first trimester is bad, the second is pretty good, and the third gets bad again. I'm saying this to encourage you to do as much as possible during the second trimester before you get that tired again (baby shower, decorating the nursery, stocking up on diapers, making meals and freezing them, etc.). Hope you turn a corner soon!

Zen

It gets better! One more month

TxMoms2B

I hear ya...I was on progesterone which only made the sleepy feeling worse!

minnie0672

I'm right there with you with the sleepiness. I just woke up about an hour ago from a 3 hour nap and I'm ready to go back to bed.

miaandsabrina

Thanks Kari!! LOL~~about first being bad, second being better and third getting bad again!!! I'm kidding!! Just getting over the hump of first trimester, the tiredness and peeing all the time, has been nice. I still am sick but not as bad! But that made me giggle and I wanted to pick at you!!!

KTZ

Me too! I can barely even keep up with checking on the forum and email. Also I cannot believe how sick I feel. my throat burns from throwing up.

I dont want to complain, I dont mind because I know its a good thing that my hormones are working, but its hard to stay hydrated.

The weird thing is the sicker I get,the more it sinks in that I really am pregnant.

stwrr

I JUST started my second trimester yesterday. And I swear I have more energy already. Not loads mind you - I've been happily lounging in a hotel bed for the last 3 hours catching up on the forum from my phone.... but... the crushing desperate need to rest faded a little. I'm so excited! I hope it'll last! And now I feel like I can really tell my family... and my boss... but that's another post!

~ Sandy

mommylove

I could have slept through the first four months of pregnancy, no joke!
You'll get a little break and some energy in the second trimester, but then prepare yourself for some more exhaustion toward the end.
Hang in there! Relax and rest when you can...

Kari

Yeah, I knew you probably wouldn't want to hear that it gets bad again. Actually, it might not for you. I was up all night long with acid reflux, then working full-time 5 days a week. I could sleep during the day, but not for more than 20 minutes at night. I was so thankful when the doctor put me on medical leave at 36 weeks because I hadn't slept much in a month at that point.

As for the first semester, that was worse than the end of the pregnancy. There was one week I recall in which I did NO housecleaning whatsoever. I could live with not vacuuming or cooking, but I remember not changing the sheets for two weeks, which completely grosses me out even to today. To not have the energy to do a five-minute chore at least once in the course of 14 days . . . that was tough. I know better now to hire someone to clean for those few weeks!

Hope this phase ends quickly for you! In the meantime, get some rest.

Goobie

I have always founf the 1st trimester to be the worst for sleepiness. Maybe I will swallow these words when I hit 3rd tri this time, but besides being big and waddley and uncomfortable, I personally was always able to sleep well at night in the last few months, the crushing exhaustion is worst for me in the first few weeks.

Then again I am one of those freaks who gets HUGE, and loves every minute of it - once the vomitting ends I adore being pregnant, I like the hiccups and kicks and big round belly, the ginormous breasts (I've already gone from an F to a G this time!) because for me, once the vomitting ends, I never feel better then I do when I am carrying a new life within me, and never feel more beautiful and sexy either!